MEL
and ASH are two British chinese gay men who
studied and drink lychee martinis together.
After attending the funeral of GAVIN, a closet
case from their university days, they start
examining the crow’s feet on their faces and
questioning the meaning of the labels in their
wardrobes.
Mel, an aging
scene queen with the ego of Norma Desmond,
believes life is a beauty pageant with him
always the winner. He rejects the love of
Todd, a provincial boy from the Welsh valleys
who moves to London to be with him, in favour
of quick-fix Botox sex to fight his
insecurities. But how long can he sashay down
the catwalk when his eye bags are bigger than
his Gucci bags? And who is going to be waiting
at the end of the rainbow when there is no
place like home?
Ash is tired of the jaded
gay scene where steroid bodies and the Atkin’s
diet are the only offerings on the menu and
all the macho posing only reveals a Farah
Fawcett in the bedroom. He meets Diane (a.k.a
Dan) a transexual from their college days with
a butch, sexy and straight looking ex army
boyfriend, Ross. Ash decides the only way for
him to find a real man is to click on those
Jimmy Choo’s. Will his foray into the
wonderland of tranny burrows and tranny
chasers bring him his dream man?
Not to be upstaged, the dead
but not forgotten Gavin has a posthumous
secret up his leg of mutton sleeves waiting to
explode!
With witty one liners,
underground drag club, sex in public toilet
and an all male production of the Miss Pacific
Rim Beauty Pageant, CUT SLEEVE BOYS is a
quirky stir fried journey of self discovery
and ultimately, a makeover of the British
Chinese gay experience.
